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Sunday, November 15, 2015

A Character a Day 们

Video script:

Good morning. In this video, we are going to talk about 们. It
sounds men, and it is a plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to
individuals. If you watch my pervious video, you will know more about the right
part of this character 门.
By itself, it means gate or door. But here, it is the component of this
character 们,
and it marks the sound as men. The left part is the radical, a single standing
person, 单人旁,
which indicates that this character has something to do with the human being.

Let's see how to write it.

Since it's a plural marker, we will see how it works to mark
the plural word.

First it can change the single pronoun into plural. For
example, 我,
I or me; 我们
we or us. 你,
indicate a single you; 你们
refers to a plural you; 他,he;
他们,
they; 她,
she; 她们
refers to a group of female persons.